Giovanni Toletti - 12:48am Mar 13, 2001 PST (#325 of 325) I love Empires of Apocalypse from UGG, OCS from The Gamers and Summer Storm I post here the house rules we are testing in our game of the full campaign of Empires of Apocalypse. Maybe someone could be interested or could have some suggestion. 4.1. Movement restrictions (addition) If both Oslo and Copenhagen are enemy controlled, friendly naval units (except subs) cannot enter (or exit) the Baltic Sea. 7.2. Naval movement phase (addition) … Subs may stay an unlimited time at sea. Add: However, in general, subs have to end their movement within 3 zones from a friendly port. Exception: up to 4 German subs may end their movement wherever they please. 7.2.2.1. Subs (Addition and modification) … a first shot attack can be directed against any ship in the stack (at the sub owner’s option) except BC and CV. Add: and in some cases transports carrying troops. … Sub attacks on BC or CV. Add: or transport carrying troops. Modify in the following paragraph: 4 becomes 1 and 1-3 becomes 2-4. … 2nd case: no DDs present. Add: in such case the sub may automatically have a first shot attack against transports carrying troops (if found). Finally add: 1) In both cases the roll is modified as follows: +1 for each sub level; -1 for each sonar level; -1 (only if CVs are present) for each two radar levels. 2) Transports carrying troops are transports carrying only troops. If they carry also other goods they are not subject to the rule above.. 10.3.5. France (Addition and modification) Modify: “an even number destroys the unit, an odd number leaves it alive” with A number from 1 to 3 destroys the unit a number from 4 to 6 leaves it alive. Add: Such roll is modified as follows: -2if the Vichy roll barely succeeds (i.e. the difference between the roll achieved and the roll required is zero); -1 if the Vichy roll succeeds with a difference of only one. 17.3.German USSR declaration of war (addition) Germany has to garrison each hex of the russo german border before the end of July ’40, but only if USSR has units on all hexes of its Western Border (from Baltic to Black Sea). Otherwise Germany needs only to maintain 10 German garrison units (land or air) in Poland. Engineers do not count against this limit, tanks count double. 17.4. Political restrictions for Axis minors (addition) From an idea of Udo (thanks) Reserve units of Axis minors may only be used against USSR by spending 1 diplomatic point for each unit so released (max one unit per month per country). It means that Italy cannot use these troops in Russia without paying diplomatic points. New! 20. Italy When both France is conquered or Vichy installed AND Italy is at war with British Empire, Italy has to declare war to one of its neighbours (Vichy France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia or Greece). Until it happens each month a die is rolled during the political phase. A result of 1 implies that Italy has now two complete months in order to declare war to one of these minors. If Italy has previously attacked one of these countries no roll has to be made and the requirement of attack is fulfilled. In the first month after the declaration of war (being it imposed or chosen) no German support of any kind is allowed (but support of Axis minor countries is allowed). It means that an entire turn has to be spent with only Italy attacking the minor. Also Germany cannot send troops (whichever the type) in North Africa until one month after Italy has declared war to one of its neighbours or an Italian corps (infantry or armor) has been completely eliminated by BE troops in Nort Africa. Setup (addition) As Italian troops cannot give up Italian East Africa (see Triumph and Fall of the Desert Fox), French troops starting in North Africa or Near East cannot leave these countries. Regards Giovanni